Fresher UN Assistant Protection Officer Job Opportunities – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Job Title:        Assistant Protection Officer
Organisation: United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Position No.: 10030539
Vacancy Notice: 002/2019
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to:
Protection Officer
Post Grade: NOA
About UNHCR:
The Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14,
1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. UNHCR’s mandate under the Statute
of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is to lead
and co-ordinate action for international protection to refugees; seek permanent
solutions for the problems of refugees and safeguard refugee rights and
well-being. UNHCR has an additional mandate concerning issues of statelessness,
as it is given a designated role under Article 11 of the 1961 Convention on the
Reduction of Statelessness.
Job Summary:  The Assistant Protection Officer will report
to the Protection Officer. The incumbent may have supervisory responsibility
for protection staff including community services, registration, resettlement
and education. He/she will provide functional protection guidance to
information management and programme staff; and monitors protection standards,
operational procedures and practices in protection delivery in line with
international standards. The Assistant Protection Officer is expected to:
coordinate quality, timely and effective protection responses to the needs of
populations of concern; and identify opportunities to mainstream protection
methodologies and integrate protection safeguards in operational responses in
all sectors. He/she contributes to designing a comprehensive protection
strategy and represents the organization externally on protection doctrine and
policy as guided by the supervisor. He/she also ensures that persons of concern
are involved with the Office in making decisions that affect them, whether in
accessing their rights or in identifying appropriate solutions to their
problems. To achieve this, the incumbent will need to build and maintain
effective interfaces with communities of concern, local authorities and
protection and assistance partners.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural
    developments that have an impact on the protection environment.
  • The incumbent will consistently apply International and National Law
    and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct.
  • Assist in providing comments on existing and draft legislation
    related to persons of concern.
  • Offer legal advice and guidance on protection issues to persons of
    concern; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of
    personal and other relevant documentation.
  • Conduct eligibility and status determination for persons of concern
    in compliance with UNHCR procedural standards and international protection
    principles
  • Promote and contribute to measures to identify, prevent and reduce
    statelessness.
  • Actively contribute to a country-level child protection plan as part
    of the protection strategy.
  • Contribute to a country-level education plan as part of the
    protection strategy.
  • Provide inputs for the development of global / regional
    international protection policies and standards.
  • Implement and monitor Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all
    protection/solutions activities
  • Manage individual protection cases including those on SGBV and child
    protection.
  • Monitor, and intervene in cases of refoulement, expulsion and other
    protection incidents.
  • Assess needs for Promote and find durable solutions for the largest
    possible number of persons of concern through voluntary repatriation,
    local integration and where appropriate, resettlement.
  • Assess resettlement needs and apply priorities for the resettlement
    of individuals and groups of refugees and other persons of concern.
  • Actively contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of
    protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational
    partners
  • Contribute to and facilitate a programme of results-based advocacy
    with sectorial and/or cluster partners
  • Contribute to and facilitate effective information management
    through the provision of disaggregated data on populations of concern and
    their problems.
  • Contribute to capacity-building initiatives for communities and
    individuals to assert their rights.
  • Actively participate in initiatives to capacitate authorities,
    relevant institutions and NGOs to strengthen national protection related
    legislation and procedures.
Key Performance Indicators:
  • The protection of populations of concern is met through the
    application of International and National Law, relevant UN/UNHCR
    protection standards and IASC principles.
  • Protection activities are guided by the protection strategy and
    respect the policy of UNHCR on age, gender and diversity (AGD).
  • The participation of persons of concern is assured through
    continuous assessment and evaluation using participatory, rights and
    community based approaches.
  • Protection incidents are immediately identified and addressed

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the United Nations UNHCR Assistant
    Protection Officer job opportunity should hold a University degree in Law,
    International Law, political Sciences or related field
  • Two years of relevant professional experience
  • Excellent knowledge of English
  • Diverse field experience desirable.
  • Good IT skills including database management skills.
  • Completion of the Protection Learning Programme, RSD- Resettlement
    Learning Programme.
  • Ability to work as part of a team but also independently, in a
    multi-cultural environment.
  • Extensive knowledge of the UN system. -Ability to work in remote
    areas.
How to Apply:
All interested
Ugandan nationals who wish to join the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to click on the
link below and follow the application instructions after reviewing the job
details.
Deadline: 10th January 2019
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